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HOUR ONE: "The Power Of Pleasure And Joy" - Joy, pleasure and delight feel good. But are they also politically powerful? HOUR TWO: "Making Waves...
- Added: Apr 16, 2021
- Length: 01:59:00
Arachnophobes BEWARE! Imagine a spider that uses special silk to lift something that's 50 times bigger than itself. There is a video! You must wat...
- Added: Mar 30, 2021
- Length: 04:59
What is that weird smell? It's called trimethylamine (TMA) and for most of us it stinks like rotten fish. For a small percentage of people it smell...
- Added: Mar 30, 2021
- Length: 05:04
What if we burned calories the same way cars use gas for fuel? Amy fell down the comparison hole trying to figure out the "car calories" for humans...
- Added: Mar 30, 2021
- Length: 04:54
If Beluga whales treat a Narwhal like he’s been one of their own, who’s to say he isn’t?
- Added: Feb 28, 2021
- Length: 02:30
HOUR ONE: "Rewriting The Romance Script" - Love is in the air, as it has been every Valentine's Day since 496. And we're still trying to get it rig...
- Added: Feb 12, 2021
- Length: 01:58:58
We catch you up with an update on fluorescing animals and then jump right into new research on Long Fin Damsel fish that use Mysid shrimp to farm a...
Bought by Spokane Public Radio
- Added: Feb 02, 2021
- Length: 04:56
- Purchases: 1
When music comes on, can you clap along or do you struggle to find the beat? If you have a hard time keeping up with the rhythm, there's a reason a...
- Added: Jan 20, 2021
- Length: 04:12
HOUR ONE: "The Vaccine Trackers" - As vaccination against COVID-19 begins, what's it like to get one? This hour, the biggest mass immunization camp...
- Added: Jan 15, 2021
- Length: 01:58:57
In the movie Good Will Hunting, Will is a janitor at MIT--he solves some impossible math problems and shocks the professors. That origin story is t...
Bought by Spokane Public Radio
- Added: Sep 06, 2020
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
In the movie Good Will Hunting, Will is a janitor at MIT--he solves some impossible math problems and shocks the professors. That origin story is t...
- Added: Aug 05, 2020
- Length: 05:00
HOUR ONE: 'Loving Bees' - Bees are endangered, but all over the world, people are stepping up to save them — in backyards, science labs, and the ur...
- Added: Jul 31, 2020
- Length: 01:58:59
In the episode, our hosts analyze the real implications of Star Wars technology. From the widely-known Light-saber to the concept of artificial gra...
Bought by RadioFreePalmer and Belfast Community Radio
- Added: Jul 27, 2020
- Length: 13:20
- Purchases: 2
In these episodes, Dr. Rhett Allain and Adam Cortez discuss the many purposes and origins of Fire.
Bought by Belfast Community Radio
- Added: Jul 11, 2020
- Length: 12:45
- Purchases: 1
Extra quaran-screen time has revived a generations-old question: do video games really rot your brain?
Written and reported by Brenna Biggs.
- Added: Jun 02, 2020
- Length: 03:00
On the latest Reel Discovery, Kristin explores a scientific story with an unexpected history in Spaceship Earth.
- Added: May 08, 2020
- Length: 03:00
- Purchases: 2
You've probably seen a dog sleeping soundly with their legs pedaling. Is Fido really dreaming of chasing a tennis ball? Let's find out.
Bought by Spokane Public Radio
- Added: Apr 29, 2020
- Length: 04:49
- Purchases: 1
On this episode of Culture Clique we take a look at the night sky. Professor Jennifer Anderson guides us through some spectacular sights that will ...
- Added: Apr 24, 2020
- Length: 26:47
In this episode, our hosts analyze the science of Simone Biles' successful Triple Double.
Bought by Belfast Community Radio
- Added: Mar 10, 2020
- Length: 12:08
- Purchases: 1
Dr. Rhett Allain and Todd Delaney discuss the biggest science fiction movies of the past and the weight they have in real science.
Bought by Belfast Community Radio
- Added: Mar 10, 2020
- Length: 11:49
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Mar 10, 2020
- Length: 04:30
- Purchases: 1
Celebrity-Obsessed Kids
- Added: Mar 10, 2020
- Length: 02:00
Our hosts discuss bizarre weather shifts all over the world and the factors that cause them.
Bought by Belfast Community Radio
- Added: Mar 09, 2020
- Length: 10:43
- Purchases: 1
This week, Isaak and Rhett remember old internet challenges and discuss the allure the makes them viral sensations.
Bought by Belfast Community Radio
- Added: Mar 05, 2020
- Length: 12:12
- Purchases: 1
HOUR ONE: "Outside The Mental Illness Box" - There must be another way to treat mental illness. Exercise? Horror movies? LSD? This hour, think outs...
- Added: Feb 14, 2020
- Length: 01:58:57
